2nd Shift Carbide Weld Operator

Carbide Weld Operator – 2nd shift, M-F, 5:00pm – 1:30am– Pay Rate Range $19.96-$20.97+9% shift differential.

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As a Carbide Weld Operator, you’ll be part of our Stanley Black & Decker team located in East Longmeadow, MA. You’ll get to:

• Set up and operate automatic welding machine to weld carbide tips to pre‑milled band stock materials. Set up is exacting requiring alignment and setting of electrodes, gap setting, front and back stop adjustments, roller guides alignment, operation of control panel switches and buttons to set and adjust preheat and weld cycle, carbide feeder, regulate nitrogen flow and air pressure to piston.
  
  Operation requires various adjustments to guides, vise and payoff including singular and multiple grinding head units. Set ups are exacting requiring setting and aligning grinding wheels to achieve proper rake angles, chamfer, height, etc. Set and adjust indexing cams, roller drives, guides; change wheels, belts; oil, grease and lube equipment as required. Check and maintain coolant system and fluid levels.
  
  Set and adjust speeds and feeds to maximize operating efficiency.
• Operation requires use of overhead electric hoist to load coils onto and remove coils from equipment. Use hydraulic and hand truck to move materials and products about the department.
• Monitor operation of multiple machines and assure quality of product. Make first piece and numerous ongoing inspections using optical comparator and other instruments to check profile and dimensions. Check micrometers at start of each shift and post findings.
• Keep and maintain required records, counts, information and data. Perform some routine maintenance to machine and post maintenance checks on forms provided.
• Detect and report defective and unsafe equipment and materials, as well as unusual situations to supervisor. Observe and obey all safety rules, practices and procedures. Wear and employ all required safety equipment and devices. Clean and maintain equipment in a neat and orderly manner.
• Other duties as performed.
• Demonstrate a broad understanding of the job and apply skills and knowledge in a range of processes, procedures, and systems or require deep skills in a single area.
• Requires proficiency gained through job‑related training and on‑the‑job experience to perform a range of tasks.
• Completes work with a limited degree of supervision.
• Provides guidance to other employees with less experience.
• Understands how the team integrates with others to accomplish team objectives.
• Position has no supervisory responsibilities; manages own workload, regularly provides guidance to less experienced employees.
• Provides solutions to problems in situations that are atypical or infrequently occurring based on practice and existing precedents or procedure; takes a broad perspective on problems and spots new, less obvious solutions.
• Impacts the quality, timeliness and effectiveness of the team.
• May use discretion to modify work practices and processes to achieve results or improve efficiency.
• Use communication skills to exchange very detailed, complex information. Typically, within own team or closely related team.

You always strive to do a good job…but wouldn’t it be great if you could do your job and do a world of good? You care about quality – at every level. You love to learn and grow and be acknowledged for your valuable contributions. You’re not intimidated by innovation. In fact, you embrace it. You also have:

• Knowledge of charts, specifications, and micrometers
• 1‑2 years preferred experience
• Use of numbers including decimals
• Light physical effort required, equivalent to lifting, pushing, pulling 5 to 25 pounds
• High School diploma or GED equivalent